The Nation Newspaper Today Headline Saturday 6th June 2020
The Nation Newspaper Today Headline and news Dailies Update on current affairs happening now in Nigeria today 06/06/20
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AfDB board bows to US pressure, approves fresh probe of Adesina
Our Reporter The African Development Bank has opened an independent inquiry into allegations of embezzlement and preferential treatment against its embattled president Akinwumi Adesina, who is seeking re-election in August. The investigation is in response to calls for a probe by Washington. It is expected to be concluded within four weeks as the bank prepares to …
Trump ‘approves plan’ to withdraw US troops from Germany
US President Donald Trump has approved a plan to withdraw 9,500 American troops from bases in Germany by September, US media say. Mr Trump, who has long complained that European members of Nato should spend more on their own defence, reportedly wants US troop levels capped at 25,000. Troops would either be redeployed elsewhere or …
UI postgraduate student murdered in Ibadan
Shomuyiwa Azeezat, a female postgraduate student of the University of Ibadan, was on Friday murdered in her rented apartment at Aba Ijefun, Akinyele area, by yet-to be identified persons. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Azeezat, said to be seven-months pregnant, was a postgraduate student of the Department of Social Work in the …
38-year-old man remanded for raping seven months old daughter
Uja Emmanuel, Makurdi A 38-year-old man, Mr Simon Emeka who allegedly raped his 7-months old daughter is cooling off at the Nigeria Correctional Service on the orders of a Makurdi Magistrate, Mr Isaac Ajim. The remand of the accused followed his arraignment over the alleged crime committed last Monday. Prosecutor, Sergeant Friday Kanshio informed the …
70 killed as troops battle bandits in Kaduna forest
Okodili Ndidi, Abuja No fewer than seventy bandits and cattle rustlers terrorising Kaduna State have been killed during a clearance operation by troops in Kachia forest in Chikun Local Governnent Area of the State. Two of the bandits’ logistics suppliers were also captured by troops at the outskirts of Kankomi village. The Operation was conducted …
I don’t care about second term, says Nasarawa governor
By Linus Oota, Lafia Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, has said that he is not bothered about being re-elected in 2023. In a chat with journalists in Lafia, the state capital, to mark his first anniversary in office, the governor said he was grateful to God for giving him a four-year mandate; a period he …
Runsewe advocates cultural therapy to fight COVID-19
Ozolua Uhakheme, Assistant Editor Arts Director-General National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Segun Runsewe has advocated the use of culture as a therapy against COVID-19 pandemic. He stated that theatre, music, dance drama and songs which are elements of our culture could provide the necessary balm to speed up the healing of COVID-19 …
Libyan army seizes weapons supplied by UAE
Libyan army seized on Friday weapons, ammunition, and vehicles purchased by the UAE for warlord Khalifa Haftar. This was revealed after the Libyan Army announced the complete liberation of the capital Tripoli along with the strategic city of Tarhuna from Haftar militias over the last 72 hours. The UAE is one of the several countries …
Top 8 Nigerian celebs accused of rape
By Olaitan Ganiu Since young Miss Vera Uwaila Omozuwa was raped and killed in Benin, Edo State, the conversation around rape has popped up its ugly head again in Nigeria. After the uproar on the demand to arrest and arraign the culprits behind the death of the 100 level student of the University of Benin, …
French forces kill leader of Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb
French forces have killed the leader of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, Algerian Abdelmalek Droukdel, in northern Mali, France’s defence minister said. Droukdel was killed on Thursday near the Algerian border, where the group has bases from which it has carried out attacks and abductions of Westerners in the sub-Saharan Sahel zone, Defence Minister …
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